The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust

Analysis

The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09250869). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.7m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.5m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 368%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Positive Youth Foundation (£1.5m), Adrenaline Alley (£1.5m) and The Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £365k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.